Author: halo@bungie.org

Cody Miller has once again recorded the latest Halo’s cutscenes – in HD, and with Surround Sound. (This is tougher than you might think.) And we have, once again, begun to make these files available to the general public, for downloading, for watching,…

Looks like we missed this earlier this month when it went live, but Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry took a close look at Halo 4’s visual tech – they came away impressed. Go read why! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 19:44:25 UTC)

mecka used the recently-announced Screenshot Extractor to pull together enough shots to show off Adrift in an awesome light. Go appreciate! (Louis Wu 19:39:45 UTC)

Clicked posted a new video showing how to combine Thruster Pack and a Grav Lift for some really funky movement options. Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 19:38:05 UTC)

Thanks to Robofin117 for linking to three new awesome weapon replications from DaFrontlineTrooper. Check out his awesome take on the new UNSC SAW, and Forerunner Boltshot and Suppressor. Go look!(GrimBrother One 18:35:37 UTC)

Quirel brought to our attention an interview from earlier this year between the “Pumping Irony” blog and some of the developers who worked on Halo Wars for Ensemble Studios/Robot Entertainment. It’s a fascinating read to see what was planned, and how i…

We’ve mentioned the drone-riding HaloHISTORY100 before for his antics in Halo 3. This time, Hypertrooper let us know that the speedrunner is back with some new tricks for Halo 4. The “turn-the-tables” assassination was awesome. Go and check them out!(G…

We’d like to kick off the news today by wishing our venerable community forefather, Louis Wu, an incredibly prosperous and happy birthday today. He’s played roles as leader, mentor, confidant, teammate, pioneer, and friend to so many of us in this comm…

Polycount has an article put together by members of 343’s Environment Art team – it talks about they went about building those oh-so-pretty environments we’ve been playing through. Great read! Thanks, TDSpiral.(Louis Wu 21:14:45 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk stopped in to announce that he’s updated his Halo Screenshot Extractor (read about it on his site) – it now supports grabbing screenshots en masse from Halo 3, ODST, Reach: Beta, Reach, and Halo 4. Nice! (Especially nice since the official …

The latest Episode of Spartan Ops went live yesterday, but I was unsuccessful in my attempts to capture the opening cinematic until this morning (probably network issues). Bottom line, though, is the Episode 3 Cinematic is now available, in a variety o…

TrueAchievements takes a looks at ‘unreliable narrators’ – your favorite nearly-rampant blue AI plays a pretty big part. Thanks, Morpheus. (Louis Wu 20:35:20 UTC)

Jimmy Jangles has been working on techniques for taking down Promethean Knights. Go see what he’s found! (Louis Wu 20:33:05 UTC)

Bravo made me smile yesterday. Giggle, even. You should go watch the video, because it’ll brighten your day, too. Thanks, CrazY CroaTia.(Louis Wu 20:31:27 UTC)

RCG Tiburon told us that he’d written up a sizeable review of Halo 4 – swing by his blog to read it!(Louis Wu 20:29:18 UTC)

Rockslider stopped in with word of a new Bad Cyborg video – it’s just a joyride in the snow on AotCR. We’ve all been there! (Louis Wu 20:28:10 UTC)